Institutional Shareholders Services (ISS) recently announced the
results of its 2017-2018 Governance Principles
Survey. This high-level survey of the institutional
investors, corporate executives, board members and other interested
parties examined a small number of high-profile corporate
governance issues and constitutes the initial part of ISS's
annual two-part global policy survey. The more comprehensive policy
application survey closed in early October 2017.
The Survey
A key part of ISS's annual policy formulation process, the
Survey is designed to collect feedback from various market
participants about emerging corporate governance issues and trends.
Final benchmark voting policy updates will be released in
mid-November 2017 (effective for meetings on or after February 1,
2018) following an open comment period on draft policy updates
which is scheduled to be released by ISS in late October. While
survey topics may reflect issues that ISS is tracking over
